Yemeni Navy
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Yemeni Navy and Coastal Defence Forces | |
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القوات البحرية اليمنية والدفاع الساحلي | |
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Commanders | |
Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Navy | Lieutenant General Sagheer Hamoud Aziz |
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Flag of the Yemeni Navy |
Yemeni Armed Forces |
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Leadership |
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The Yemeni Navy and Coastal Defence Forces is the maritime component of the
Yemen early on had problems with trying to keep drugs from entering Yemen by sea. In 2006, Yemen purchased 10 Bay-class patrol boats which were very effective at stopping smugglers from entering Yemen. The Bay patrol craft currently under construction are, however, for the
In the Hanish Islands Crisis, Yemen prepared its navy for an assault on the Hanish Islands and on Eritrea. Eritrea accidentally destroyed a Russian ship, thinking it was a Yemeni ship. The invasion, however, never happened since Eritrea made agreements with Yemen.
History
1990 merger
In 1990, on the
Yemen early on had problems with trying to keep drugs from entering Yemen by sea. In 2006, Yemen purchased 10 Bay-class patrol boats which were very effective at stopping smugglers from entering Yemen. The Bay patrol craft currently under construction are, however, for the Yemeni Coast Guard, not the Yemeni Navy. Likewise, the 10 Austal Patrol Craft belong to the Coast Guard, not the Navy. The navy's major bases are located in Aden and Al Hudaydah. There are also bases on Socotra, Al Mukalla and Perim island, which maintain naval support equipment. There is also a naval fortress under construction in Al Hudaydah. In the Hanish Islands Crisis, Yemen prepared its navy for an assault on the Hanish Islands and on Eritrea. Eritrea accidentally destroyed a Russian ship, thinking it was a Yemeni ship. The invasion, however, never happened since Eritrea made agreements with Yemen which involved Eritrea taking over the islands. Yemen, however, later took over Zuqar Island, which created further tensions with the Eritrean government but did not lead to another war.
Yemeni Civil War
Since the outbreak of the civil war in Yemen in March 2015, at least some elements of the Navy are known to have sided with the
Class | Type | Ships | Origin | Quantity | Notes | |
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Corvette | ||||||
Tarantul I
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Corvette | Soviet Union | 2 | |||
Missile boat | ||||||
Osa
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Missile boat | Soviet Union | 8 | 5 transferred from former South Yemen Navy. | ||
Fast attack craft | ||||||
Type 037
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Missile boat | China | 3 | |||
Sana'a
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Patrol craft | United States | 2 | |||
Yemen Ministry of Defense 37.5 meters | Patrol craft | Australia | 10 | |||
Minesweeper | ||||||
Natya
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Minesweeper | Soviet Union | 1 | |||
Yevgenya
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Minesweeper | Soviet Union | 5 | |||
Landing craft | ||||||
Polnocny class landing ship
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Landing craft | Poland | 3 | |||
Utility landing craft | Landing craft | 4 |
References
- ^ "Defending Yemen's Coast".
- ^ "Yemen's Houthi Rebels Have Missiles That Could Sink a Navy Warship". 18 September 2019.
- ^ "UAE Navy vessel on fire after Houthi attack off Yemen". 14 June 2018.